Disappearing bins: Oldham Council blasted for neglecting Dunwood Park

Liberal Democrat councillors and residents have been left appalled after Oldham Council removed a number of public bins from Dunwood Park in Shaw, without providing replacements or offering an explanation some weeks ago. 

Shaw representative and Oldham Liberal Democrat Leader, councillor Howard Sykes MBE said, “The Council have left the place looking like a tip.  Rubbish is piling up and people who use the park are rightly furious.”

“We had two perfectly good bins in the park.  Where have they gone?  And when are we getting them back?  These are very simple questions, but Oldham Council have just been silent.  I have contacted a number of different Council Officers about this, but it is a wall of silence.  People in Shaw are getting a disgraceful service from Oldham Council at the moment.”

After receiving complaints from local residents last month, councillor Sykes took the issue up with Council Officers, but has been left appalled by the lack of interest or response.

“This is not good enough and people who use Dunwood Park deserve better,” stated councillor Sykes.